Game: New Year corner game
Label each of the corners of the room (use some of these)–
Hogmanay – Scottish name for new year
Wu Zhi - Chinese New Year (year of the rat) begins between January 21 and February 20
Rosh Ha-Shanah - Jewish name for new year but is celebrated in September
Muharram - is the first month of the Islamic calendar.
Diwali - is a New Year festival in the Vikrama calendar, where it falls on the night of the new moon in the month of Kartika.
Usual rules – the Beaver Scouts run to the wall they choose and the leader calls out a new year – any Beaver Scouts in that corner are out.
Game: Dice
Six squares are chalked on the floor and numbered from 1 - 6.
All the players take part. They run around the room until the leader blows a whistle and then they choose a square and sit in it.
The leader picks the quietest player to pick a card from his hand, held like a fan with the numbers turned away. All the players in the chosen numbered square are out!
Letter Game
Equipment: paper and pencils per team
Divide the beavers into four teams. Each team has pieces of paper and some pencils. The leader then gives a letter (e.g.B) and each team has to write or draw as many things as they can think of that begins with the letter B. The team with the most things beginning with the letter score a point.
